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FOLDING FENCE PANEL. I No. 319,995. PatentedJune 16, -1885. I

N ITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. OGILVIE, OF STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.

FOLDING FENCE-PANEL.

$PEC'IFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 319,995, dated June16,1885.

Application filed October 12, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. OGILVIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Staunton, in the county of Augusta and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingFence-Panels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fences; and it consists in afence-panel capable of being folded for transportation, .so that thefolded panel shall occupy a space equal only to the width ofits singlerail,and in the method of connecting two or more of the same, as will behereinafter fully shown and described in the drawings and specification.

The objects of my invention are, first, to construct a fence-panel whichshall be formed of a single rail and a series of wires or wooden slats,which shall be extended between and pivoted to two uprights, and soarranged that it can be folded for transportation so as to occupy onlythe space of the rail or cross-piece; and, secondly, conveniently toconnect two panels, as is hereinafter more particularly and specificallypointed out in the claims. These objects I attain in the mannerillustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a panel of myfence mounted on its sills, adjusted for level ground, and havingattached the rail of a second panel. Fig. 2 is a view of a panel foldedfor transportation. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the rail ends andbrace, showing the method of conmeeting the panels when they are in acontinuous line. Fig. 4 is aview of the sill I. Fig. 5 shows the meansfor turning a corner. Fig. 6 is an end or foot view of the upright B.Fig. 7 is a view, partly in section, of the upright, the rail ends, andthe brace, and the means for adjusting the lower ends of the brace andthe upright upon the sill.

A is the rail, and B and B are the two uprights, which are pivoted tothe rail by the pivots a.

O C O C are aseries of wires or slats extending from the upright B to Band attached to the headed projection b in the respective uprights. Thepairs of projections b are not directly over each other, but each pairis placed a little to the right of the pair below, which enables thepanel to be folded.

\Vhere wire is used, the ends of the wires are looped around theprojections b and then wound around the body of the wires. WVith woodenslats the projections will pass or be driventhrough holes in the ends ofthe slats. In either case the wire or slat will turn freely on theprojections b when the panel is to be folded. The panel is preventedfrom folding together at other times by a pin which passes through anopening, D, in the upright B and the rail A and holds them together;

The bottom of the upright B is slightly beveled and provided with arecess, E, to receive a pin, F, in the sill.

The ends of the rails A are dovetailed or' The sill I has at its centera notch, t, to receive the beveled end of the upright B, and in thisnotch is a pin or projection, F, which enters the opening E in the footof the upright.

A metallic plate, 3', at the side of the sill receives through anopening therein a pin, k, which enters upright B and connects the samewith the sill.

Near the rear end of the sill are three or more holes, I Z Z", one abovethe other, and on the opposite side the end of the sill is beveled andhas two or more holes, m m, to receive the pin a, by which the lower endof the brace G is attached to the sill. This brace G has a shoulder, g,near its top which rests on the top of rail A, and an opening, 0, at itsfoot, through which the pine passes to enter one of the holes Z or m,according as the slope of the panel is changed. The upright B isdesigned to rest on a plain sill, 1, without either connection or brace.

For the purpose of connecting two panels in a continuous line the end ofthe rail A is rabbeted on its front side to half its thickness, toreceive the end of the corresponding rail, A, of the next panel, whichhas a like rabbet on its rear side, the two ends when meeting beingtogether only the thickness of a single rail, and they are notched onthe under side,

at a, to receive one end of the wire loop 12, which is larger at topthan at the bottom. This loop 1) is hooked over a projection, 0, 1n thenotch in the first rail A and brought up over the two rail ends. Thenthe end of the brace G is inserted in the loop until its shoulder 9rests on the top of the two rails, and as the lower end is borne down,acting as a lever, it binds the ends of the rails firmly together, and,by inserting the pin a in one or other of the openings Z or m in thesill I, the rail ends and brace are secured.

In Fig. 1 isshown the panel adjusted for level ground, the upright Bresting on a common sill, the hole for the pin to pass through B andrail A, and the upright B resting on the sill I and connected therewithby the pins F and k, and supported by the brace G, the latter having itspin a in the upper hole, Z, of the sill.

On a side hill the level of the panel willbe changed by removing pin ato hole Z or P, according to the pitch of the hill, and where the groundis ascending in line of the fence as well as sideling laterally, thebrace end will be placed in the bevel on the opposite side of the silland the pin a inserted in m or m, ac cording to the pitch, while at thesame time the pin will be removed from the opening D in the upright B toa similar opening in the upright B, passing also through the rail A, thepanel being partly folded for the purpose.

The sill I may be partly embedded in the earth, in which case the sillI, under the upright B, may be dispensed wit-h, and the latter sill maybe dispensed with in all cases without affecting the working of mydevice, by making the upright B slightly longer than upright B.

The corner connection of two panels at right angles is made by means oftwo dowelpins, one of which, 9', passes through rail A into rail A, andthe other, 8, at right angles, passes through the rail of the secondpanel and enters an opening in the upright B of the first panel.

No base is needed nor used at a corner. The several pins are all easilyremovable, making the panels detachable at will, and portable.

I do not design to limit myself to the nnnr ber of openings Z'or m shownin the sill, nor to the position of the openings in the uprights B and Bthrough which the pin passes into the rail A. Also, I desire tostrengthen the rail by a rib on its back, if such strengthening becomesnecessary, to prevent sagging or bending in case of using a very longrail.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A folding fence-panel consisting of two single uprights, B and B,pivotally attached to the rail A, (said uprights and said rail being ofthe same width,) and a series of three or more slats or wires extendingfrom B to B and attached thereto by the projections 11. each pair ofsaid projections being placed slightly to one side of the pair below,whereby when the panel is foldedfor transportation it occupies a spaceequal only to the width of the rail A, substantially as described.

2. In a fence-panel, the combination of the rail A, the uprights B B,the series of wires or slats O, the sills I I, and the brace G, providedwith the shoulder g and the pin-connection n 0 for the sill, allsubstantially as described.

3. The combination of the two rails A A of adjacent panels, rabbcted andnotched, as described, with the brace G, the sill I, and the wire-loop1), said brace and loop serving the double purpose of support and actingas a lever to bind the ends of the rails together for the purpose ofconnecting two panels in a straight line, all as shown and described.

t. The combination of the two rails A A with the upright B, and the pinsr and s, for the purpose of making a connection of two panels placed atright angles to each other, all as hereinbefore described.

5. The combination of the uprights B and B, having projections I), withthe series of slats or wires 0, the rail A, the sill I, having plate j,notch z, and projection F, the brace G, having shoulder g, and the loop1), all con structed and operating substantially as hereinbefore shownand described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, JAMES J. OGILVIE.

\Vitnesscs:

WM. P. BLAIR, A. C. DAVIS.

